Family Law Research Guide

Format: Print
Location: PRAC
Type: Monograph
This book provides a comprehensive analysis of support law (both child and spousal). It has chapters on entitlement, quantum and duration, retroactive support, changes in support (varations, reviews and alternatives), support on death, income tax issues, powers of the court in addressing a support application, procedural and practical issues, and enforcement.

Format: Print; Westlaw Texts and Annotations
Location: PRAC
Type: Looseleaf – usually 11 releases per year
This looseleaf is national in scope. It annotates the Federal Child Support Guidelines, with the case law organized by province. It has a chapter on income tax. Its appendices set out the Child Support Guidelines, other relevant federal and provincial legislation, policy documents, words and phrases, and terms legislatively defined.

Format: Print; vLex Irwin Digital Library
Location: PRAC
Type: Monograph
This book analyzes all aspects of child support in Canada. It has chapters on the criteria and objectives of child support; jurisdiction; the definition of "child of the marriage"; the determination of income and disclosure; special or extraordinary expenses; split and shared parenting; undue hardship; impact of child support on spousal support; low-income earners and high-income earners above $150,000; effect of an order, agreement or other arrangement that benefits the child and consent orders; form and types of orders; effect, registration and enforcement of orders; variation, rescission or suspension of orders; evidence, procedure and costs; and appeals. It is a companion volume to Canadian Family Law by Julien D. Payne and Marilyn A. Payne.

Format: Print; Westlaw Texts and Annotations
Location: PRAC
Type: Looseleaf – 4 releases a year
This looseleaf analyzes the Federal Child Support Guidelines and the financial obligations of divorcing parents towards their children. Topics include amount, special situations, undue hardships, income, variation, agreements, disclosure, and orders.

Format: Print
Location: PRAC
Type: Monograph
This book comes from the Canadian Divorce Law & Practice by James C. MacDonald and Lee K. Ferrier. It covers all aspects of spousal support in Canada under the Divorce Act. Part I looks at spousal support under the Divorce Act, and Part II examines the Spousal Support Advisory Guidelines.

Format: Westlaw Articles and Newsletters; HTML; PDF
Location: Online only
Type: Monograph
This catalogue item contains links to several online resources on the Spousal Support Advisory Guidelines. Both the Westlaw Articles and Newsletters resource and the Bora Laskin Law Library resource gathers the Spousal Support Advisory Guidelines, previous versions, user guides, and papers. The catalogue also has a link directly to the Spousal Support Advisory Guidelines.